Re: [Linux-ia64] The 1117 snapshot cpp problem

["H . J . Lu" <hjl@valinux.com>]

On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 01:56:13PM +0100, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> |> > 
> |> > There is no problem with cross compilers as you suggested, because cross
> |> > compilers don't use /usr/local/include.  I believe the original problem was
> |> > that we shipped compilers to some customers that had random files in
> |> > /usr/local, the customers reported problems, and we had a lot of trouble
> |> > debugging the problem.  We fixed it by deciding not to use /usr/local/include
> |> > by default anymore.  This was 8 years ago, so Linux usage was not a concern.
> |> > Now that we are part of Red Hat, it is a serious concern.
> |> > 
> |> > The resulting patch is 100K because configure had to be rebuilt.  I put it
> |> > in the usual place, ftp.cygnus.com:/pub/ia64-linux/snap-001117/patch.055.
> |> > 
> |> 
> |> I don't think it works with the gnupro rpm from RedHat. I had to
> |> add the patch enclosed here. I think the problem is includedir in gcc
> |> is overriden from the toplevel Makefile.
> 
> This is a very old bug that I have already reported twice (see
> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/1999-07/msg00488.html and
> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/1999-05/msg00477.html).

It is ok if you use "make bootstrap" since $(includedir) passed down
is ignored during "make bootstrap" in gcc. But the toolchain may not
be built with "make bootstrap". I believe

"includedir=$(includedir)" \

should not be passed to gcc during any build.


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H.J. Lu (hjl@valinux.com)